Doorstop



D. W. EMSLIE Filed Nov. 16

Nov. 13, i923.

Patented Nov. 13, i923.

DAVID W. EMSLIE, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DOORSTOI.

Application filed November 16, 1922. Serial No. 601,280.

To all whom, t may concern.' y By pressing the latch backwardly againstBe it known that I, DnviD lV. EMsLin, a the tension of the spring)` itniay be disencitizen of the United States, residing at gaged from thenotch 16 and then turned 45 Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga. anddown on its side to lie parallel with the iioor State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and enga-ge with one ot the notches 17, to anduseful Improvements in Doorstops, of hold it in inoperative position. Orit may which the following isa specification. be turned up to verticalposition, and en- This invention relates todoor stops or gaged in notch16 as shown in the draw- 50 checks, of the type attached to the floorand ings, in which position it will act as a stop adapted to engage avdoor when desired, for for the door. It the door is inside of the thepurpose of holding the door in partly latch, it will prevent the doorbeing opened open position, and' preventing it from being fully. Ifoutside of the latch, it will proeither opened to a greater extent orclosed vent the door closing. It will therefore be 55 entirely. usefuleither to prevent a` person entering l5 The device is illustrated in theaccointhe door, or to prevent the full closure or panying drawings inwhich Fig. 1 is a top slamming of the door. But by kicking the plan viewoithe device, the door and its latch with the it'oot it may be allowedto casing being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a turn down so that the doorwill lswing over 60 side elevation ot' the deviceA` with the door it toopen or closed position.

in section. F ig. 3 is an enlarged top view Various changes niay beiliade in the deof the device. Fig. 4 is a section on the line tails ofthe device, within the scope of the 4 4; of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectionon the vfollowing claim: line 5 5 of Fig. 3. I claim: 65

In the drawings, 6 indicates a swinging A. door stop comprising a. haseplate havdoor, which may be provided with a strike ing spaced bearings,al rocking latch plate plate 7 at its lower edge. having trunnionsslidable in said bearings,

The stop or check includes a base plate said latch plate being mountedbetween the consisting of a head piece S and a tail piece bearings, oneoi said bearings having a notch 70 9 connected by bar 10 and attached tothe at the top to hold the plate in upright pofloor as by screws 11.Fastened to the head sition, and another notch at the side to hold pieceis a bearing piece 12 and fastenedV to the plate when swung down, and avspring the tail piece is a bearing piece 13, the bearcoiled around oneot the trunnions between ings in which receive trunnion extensions 13the plate and one oi the bearings and tend- 75 and 15 on a wedge-shapedlatch plate 1G. ing to force the plate into engagement with The bearingpiece 12 has at the inner edge either of the notches.

thereof an upright notch 1G"y and two lateral In testimony whereof,alli); my signaor side notches 17, and a spring 18 is coiled ture inpresence of two witnesses. around the trnnnion 15, between the tailhearing and the body of the latch, and tends 1 to to force the lattertorward so as to enga-ge Witnesses its opposite edge in one or the otherci' the JOHN A. BOMMHABDT. notches 16a and 17. Y RoeERT Boivin.

DAVID W. 13Min'

